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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD79DA084

1979-09-18 STEVENSVILLE, Maryland, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7233K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18

Year of manufacture

1950 · 29 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560517

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9B17C

Registrant of record

WALSH STEVE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7233K Piper PA-18 None

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

PIPER PA-18 · N7233K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

BAY BRIDGE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 12 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000018-125

Total time

1,200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

230

Age

60

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D L GUST,WX-COCKED,RAN OFF SIDE OF RWY-GUSTS 18KTS

Investigator remarks

NOTED STRONG L X-WIND,T/D WITH X-WIND CORR.ENCTR

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2202. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2202.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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